Temporary binder.



J. M. TOWNE. TEMPORARY BINDER- APPLICATION FILED AUG-7| 1914.

Patented June 29, 1915.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 29, 1915..

Application filed August 7, 1914. Serial No. 855,626.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Josnrrr M. TOWNE, a citizen of the United States, residing at East Orange, Essex county, State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Temporary Binders; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in binders for magazines, periodicals, pamphlets or telephone directories, and the like, and the primary object of the invention is to provide a binder which is especially applicable to backs which have transverse rods permanently connected thereto.

A further object of the invention is to provide a binder in which the ends of the binding device proper are disposed between the ends of the magazine to be bound, or in other words the binding device is of less length than the magazine or other book to be bound.

Still further the invention aims to provide a binding device which is applicable to books and the like by slotting or perforating the latter so as to allow the rod gripping parts of the binding device to project in the slots or perforations and engage with the cross-rods of the back.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of the invention; Fig. 2 is a section on the line 22 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 isa fragmentary side elevation of a magazinc or the like showing the binder device associated therewith; Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 1 of a modified form of the invention; and Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 4.

In proceeding in accordance with the present invention, a back 1 is employed which has the usual covers 2, which parts may be of any desired or preferred structure.

A pair of cross rods 3 are secured to the back and extend transversely thereof and are located adjacent" to the respective ends of the back. These cross rods form a permanent part of the back and afford keepers for the binding members and such rods may be secured to the back structure in any desired or preferred manner either by the heading method shown at a in Fig. 2 or by the threaded sleeve and bolt method depicted at 5 in Fig. 5.

The binder proper consists of a pair of members 6, preferably of strip form as shown in the drawings, which members are arranged to have their inner ends in overlapping relation and are pivotally connected at 7 so as to enable the members to be moved from the dotted to the full line position shown in'Fig. 1, and vice versa.

Each of the members 6 is formed with or provided to have a hook or jaw 8 which latter is shaped to receive the keeper members 3. In Figs. 1, 2, and 3, of the drawings, the hooks or jaws 8 are shown as being carried by or formed on shanks 9 which extend at right angles to the members 6, and in cases where these shanks are employed, same are inserted through openings or slits 10 provided'or cut for their recep tion in the back or at the bound edge of the magazine, pamphlet or the like, which is to be secured to the binder structure.

It is possible to also use the present invention without cutting, or in any way altering the original condition of the magazine, since by referring to Fig. 3 of the drawings, it will be apparent that by making the members 6 of suflicient length, or by placing the hooks and the shanks 9 thereof at suflicient distances apart, the hooks and shanks can extend beyond the ends of the pamphlet, the latter thus being received in the space between the shanks and hooks. This latter structure can, therefore, by mere proportioning of the parts, be made to use with pamphlets or magazines without slitting or changing the same in any way. However, in lieu of perforating the magazine back as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, same may be provided with U-shaped cutout portions which extend through the covers of the magazine as depicted in Figs. i and 5, which cut-out portions 11 receive therein the members 3. The U-slitting of the parts may be preferred in some instances to the apertures or cuts 10 shown in Fig. 1. With use of the U-slits, however, the structure of members 6 can be cheapened, since the hooks or jaws, designated 8 in Figs. 4

V and 5 are formed directly on the ends of the members 6 thus eliminating the shanks 9 and the formation of the hooks laterally of the members, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

In both forms of the invention, it will be noted that the jaws 88 and 8S extend or face in relatively opposite directions and that by virtue of the pivotal connections between the members same may be expanded or contracted to interlock with or be dis engaged from the keeper rods 3. For the purpose of locking the members Uagainst expansion, when same are in operative positions, a stud or pin 12 is carried by one member and is adapted to be sprung into an aperture or keeper 12 formed for its reception in the other member. It will be understood that by virtue of the members being made of thin metal, or thin strips of metal, that same can be easily flexed so as to enable the pin to enter and leave the aperture at will, However, by reason of the fact that the members are engaged between the leaves of the magazine, same will be held against accidental flexure with no locking device, so that the chance of accidental disengagement of the members is practically infinitesimal.

Although I prefer to joint the members 6 as herein described, I can use perfectly plain and unjointed strips as binding mem bers, because the strips are so thin and flexible that they may be easily flexed transversely so as to shorten the distance between the ends and enable the latter to be engaged with the keeper members 3, the resiliency of the binder strips restoring them to normal position;

VVhat'is claimed is:

1. In combination with a back having keeper members, flexible binding members capable of being shortened or lengthened and provided at their extremities with means to receive said keeper members, and means whereby said binding members may be connected to the magazine or the like and to the keeper members at points intermediate the ends of the magazine.

2. In a binder, a back having spaced keeper members permanently connected thereto, a pair of binding members pivotallyconnected so as to be capable of expansion and contract1on,a rlght angular shank adjacent the outer end of each bindingmember, and a jaw formed on each shank to receive the respective keeper me1nbers, said shanks and jaws being'capable of being passed through openings provided therefor in the back of a magazine or the like. v

3. A binder. for maga'zines having openings formed in the back thereof, consisting of a backhaving'a pair of cross rods per manently' connected thereto; a a pair of binding members pivotally connected so as to be capable of expansionand contraction, said members having jaws near their outer ends which jaws are adapted to aline'with' the respective openings formed in theimagazine back and' are also adapted to engage the cross rods.

4. A binder-"for magazin'e's having open ingsformed in thebackithereof, consisting of a back h'aving'a pair of cross rods permanently connected thereto, a-paiI-Ofbinding members pivotally connecte'd so as to becapa'ble of expansion andeontraction, said members having right angular jaws which are adapted'to extend through said openings in the. magazine back andare also adapted to engage the cross-rods.

In testimony whereof my signature in presence of two witnesses} JosEPHM. ToWNE.

Witnesses-z WILLIAM J Don Nanny, WM; 'B. "GARSWEL'L;

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